Toilet article.



M. C. LEWIS.

TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION man nov. 25. 1916.

L949J& Patented ]Dec. 4, 1917.

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L TE @TE% A TOILET ARTICLE.

' Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Bec. al, 1191?.

Application flled November 25, 1916. Serial No. 133,505.

T0 all wkom it may concem:

Be 1t known that I, MARY C0NN LEWIS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county ofAllegheny' and State of Pennsylvania, have invented neW and usefulImprovements in Toilet Articles, of Which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in toilet articles.

In carrying out my invention it is my pur pose to produce a toiletarticle comprising a metallic member provided With teeth which isadapted to reinfOrce and strengthen the bristles, at the same timeholding the said bristles in a compact condition so that the bristles ofthe brush may be readily inserted within the casing, and further wherebythe teeth of the said metallic member may.be employed in shampooing orotherwise treating the hair as for irritating the scalp and removingdandrufi from the har.

lVith the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in theconstruction,

'combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the followingspecificatmn and falling within thescope of the appended daim.

In the drawing:

Fi re 1 is a perspective view illustrating a t01let article constructedin accordance with the preseut invention,

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through thesame,

Fi 3 is a transverse sectional view apprommately on the line 3-3 of Fig.2,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the brush and the reinforcing member forthe bristles thereof, and

Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of a portion of the brush illustrating themanner in which the ends of the metallic reinforc ing bond for thebristles of the brush are connected, said baud hein in section.

Referring now to the rawing in detail, the numeral 1' 'designatts asuitable casing which may be constructed of any desired material andwhich has one of its faces open, While its closed face, upon its outersurface, has arranged thereon or embedded therein a refiective surface,such as an ordinary mirror 2. To one side of the casing 1 is hingedlysecured a strap 3, the said strap having its free end provided with apivoted member in the nature of a hasp 4:, and the casing 1, to the sidethereof opposite the referred to hinge is provided With a staple 5 whichis adapted to receive the hasp, and a suitable padlock 6, of a smallsize and Of an artistic nature, is connected with the staple t0 securethe hasp thereon, and consequently the strap over the open face of thecasing.

The casing is of a size sufiicient to receive therein a comb member 7and also to receive therein the bristle portion 8 of a brush 9. Thestrap is adapted to overlie the back of the brush to secure the bristleportion thereof within the said casing, and as an additional sustainingmeans the said casing at its open face and adjacent one of the endsthereof is provided Wlth an angularly disposed hook member 10 whichoverlies the outer edge of the back of the brush. With an arrangement-asabove described it Will be noted that both the brush and comb may beefiectively locked in the casing so that unauthorized persons Will beprevented from using either of said articles or persons not possessingthe key to the look.

In order to reinforce and strengthen the bristles of the brush as wellas to provide the same With additional means for irritating the scalp orremoving dandrufi' from the hair and also to provide means whereby thesaid bristles of the brush Will lue compressed to permit of the rendinsertion of the said brisfle ortion of the rush to With in the casing,arrange around the said bristles a metallic strap 10. The strapcomprises two members 1111 which have their ends hingedly secured, as at12, and the opposite end of one of the elements comprising the strapoverlaps the end of the other clement, as indicated by the numeral 13,and the under and overla ping ends et the said m embers 11 are providedwith interengagin elements 14 which efiect in locking the sai elements.It is to be understood that the locking means 14 may be of any desircdor preferred construction, as for instance, the overlapping edge of oneof the members ]LL may be provided with a compressible tend or stud andthe other member 11 may be provided with a plurality of spaceddepreSs1ons or orifices to receive the said stud, and by this means itwill be noted that the ends of the elements may be adjustably connected.The outer edges of each of the members 11 are out to provide the samewith teeth 15, and these teeth while disposed normally below the planeof the active surfaces of the bristles of the brush may be employed forirritating the scalp or for removing dandrufi' from the hairs of thehead When the brush is in use. It is, of course, to be understood thatthe metallic reinforcing member for the bristles of the brush isnecessarily constructed of two elements, but the same may be in thenature of a single element of a bendable nature possessing suflicientnatural resiliency to accommodate itself to the shape of the brush whenthe same is bent around the'bristles thereof.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages therofwill, it isthought, be perfectl apparent to those skilled in the art t0W ich such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I daim is:

A casingadapted to hold a mirror, a comb and a brush, havingone of itsfaces depressed to receive the mirror and means for retaining the mirrorin said depression, its opposite face formed with a compartment toreceive the comb and the bristle portion of the brush, whereby to permitof the head and a portion of the handle of the brush resting upon thesaid face of the brush, a hook-shaped element upon the said face of thecasing to engage with the edge of the brush head, a hinge strap disposedtransversely of the casing and adapted to engage With the outer face ofthe brush head, approximately centrally thereof, and means for lockingthe strap to the casing.

In testimony whereofI afiix my signature.

MARY CON N LEWIS.

